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	Joseph M.Dirnberger, PhD Professor of Biology
	Department of Biological and Physical Sciences, The School of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw State University


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Recent Experiences:

Co-principal Investigator for Bartow County Watershed Assessment, 2000

Co-principal Investigator for an Environmental Protection Agency Clean Lakes Study of Lake Allatoona, Georgia since 1992, Principal Investigator 1993-1996

Principal Investigator for the Lake Acworth Intensive Pollutant Assessment Study, Georgia, (1997)

Co-principal Investigator for the Lake Acworth Restoration Study, Georgia. (funded by Cobb County, 1994-95)

Awards, Honors, and Related Experiences

Finalist for 2000 and 2002 Kennesaw State University Distinguished Scholarship Award.

Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (2000 to present).

1999 College of Science and Mathematics Distinguished Scholarship Award.

Chancellor's Award and KSU International Seminar Support Award to participate in the 1999 University System of Georgia Faculty Development Seminar to the Philippines and Vietnam.

Mentorship Grants for examination of water movement and pollutant transport in Nooonday Creek awarded by the College of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw State University, 1998 and 1999.

President's Council for Academic Community, Kennesaw State University, 1996-97.

Outstanding Research and Achievement for the Lake Allatoona Clean Lakes Study awarded by U.S. Congressman George "Buddy" Darden. December 1994.

E.J. Lund Research Awards in Marine Science for Graduate Students of Exceptional Merit Scholarship. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Fall 1984, Spring 1985, and Summer 1986 to Summer 1988.

Professional Development Award. The University of Texas, March 1987 and March 1988.

Aquanaut, saturation diving in Hydrolab Underwater Laboratory for 7 days (U.S. Virgin Islands). Undersea Research Program, NOAA, Mission 84-12. October 1984.

Graduate Student Research Grant. Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Fall 1984.

Professional Publications:

Dirnberger, J.M. and Weinberger J. 2005. Influences of lake level changes on reservoir water clarity. Lake and Reservoir Management. 21: 24-29.

Dirnberger, J.M., S McCullagh, and T. Howick. 2005. Writing and drawing in the naturalist's journal: Reviving the tradition of the naturalist's journal as an effective learning tool. The Science Teacher. 72: 38-42.

Tom Howick and Joe Dirnberger. 2003. Reviving the Naturalist's Journal. Current: The Journal of Marine Education. 18: 2-6.

Joseph M. Dirnberger, William Ensign, Heather Sutton, and Donald McGarey. 2002. Comparing abiotic and biotic parameters when assessing streams within a geologically diverse area (Bartow County, GA). Proceedings of Watershed 2002 Water Environment Federation Conference.

Bowers, R. and Dirnberger, J.M. 2000. Using temporal changes in water quality in Noonday Creek to describe pollutant transport and pinpoint sources. Proceedings of National Water Quality Monitoring Council National Monitoring Conference 2000:353-361.

Dirnberger, J.M. 1994. Influences of larval settlement location and rate on later growth and mortality in a sessile marine invertebrate (Spirorbis spirillum). Northeast Gulf Science 13:65-78.

Music, M. and J.M. Dirnberger. 1994. Assessing rates of eutrophication in Lake Allatoona from chlorophyll derivatives within lake bottom sediments. Georgia Journal of Science 52:129-134.

Dirnberger, J.M., R. Rascati, and H. Msimanga. 1993. A Clean Lakes Phase I- Diagnostic/Feasibility Study of Lake Allatoona: A Preliminary Report. Proceedings of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference pp. 89-92.

Rhyne, P.J., B.R. Golden, and J.M. Dirnberger. 1993. Seeking Scientific Explanations for Natural Phenomena. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Textbooks Inc., ISBN 0-88725-194-3.

Dirnberger, J.M. 1992. Dispersal of larvae with a short planktonic phase in the polychaete Spirorbis spirillum . Bulletin of Marine Science 52:898-910.

Dirnberger, J.M. 1990. Benthic determinants of settlement sites for planktonic larvae: Availability of settlement sites on seagrass blades for Spirorbis spirillum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 140:89-105.

Dirnberger, J.M. and C.L. Kitting. 1988. Browsing injuries to blades of Halophila decipiens within a deep seagrass meadow. Aquatic Botany 29:373-379.

Dirnberger, J.M. and S.T. Threlkeld. 1986. Advective effects on reservoir zooplankton dispersion and abundance. Freshwater Biology 16:387-396.

Threlkeld S.T. and J.M. Dirnberger. 1986. Benthic distributions of planktonic copepods. Syllogeus 58:481-486.

Reports:

The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996. 1998. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lake Acworth Intensive Pollutant Assessment Study. 1997. A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University . Prepared for City of Acworth, Georgia.

Porter, K.G., K.E. Baer, L. Hawks, J.M. Dirnberger, and B. Champion. Georgia Adopt-A-Lake Manual. 1997. Georgia Lake Management Society and Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

Lake Allatoona Summer Monitoring Project: July-October 1996. 1997. A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University. Prepared for Cobb-Marietta Water Authority, Bartow County Water & Sewer Department, City of Cartersville Water Department, & Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

Lake Allatoona Phase I Diagnostic-Feasibility Report for 1994-1996: Limnological Data & Evaluation of Management Alternatives. 1996. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Lake Acworth Watershed Restoration Project: Diagnostic Study and Limnological Assessment (Phase I). 1995. Technical Report. Cobb County, Georgia.

Lake Allatoona Phase I Diagnostic-Feasibility Study for 1992-1993. 1994. Technical Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Analysis of Lake Allatoona Limnological Data: May to December, 1993. 1994. Technical Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Kitting, C.L., J.M. Dirnberger, A.C. Dempsey, M.A. Odum. 1985. Foraging by conspecific individual sea urchins, and conch. Technical Report. Hydrolab project; Mission 84-12 (1984). National Undersea Research Program, NOAA, St. Croix, USVI.

Co-principal Investigator for Bartow County Watershed Assessment, 2000 Co-principal Investigator for an Environmental Protection Agency Clean Lakes Study of Lake Allatoona, Georgia since 1992, Principal Investigator 1993-1996 Principal Investigator for the Lake Acworth Intensive Pollutant Assessment Study, Georgia, (1997) Co-principal Investigator for the Lake Acworth Restoration Study, Georgia. (funded by Cobb County, 1994-95)

Finalist for 2000 and 2002 Kennesaw State University Distinguished Scholarship Award. Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (2000 to present). 1999 College of Science and Mathematics Distinguished Scholarship Award. Chancellor's Award and KSU International Seminar Support Award to participate in the 1999 University System of Georgia Faculty Development Seminar to the Philippines and Vietnam. Mentorship Grants for examination of water movement and pollutant transport in Nooonday Creek awarded by the College of Science and Mathematics, Kennesaw State University, 1998 and 1999. President's Council for Academic Community, Kennesaw State University, 1996-97. Outstanding Research and Achievement for the Lake Allatoona Clean Lakes Study awarded by U.S. Congressman George "Buddy" Darden. December 1994. E.J. Lund Research Awards in Marine Science for Graduate Students of Exceptional Merit Scholarship. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Fall 1984, Spring 1985, and Summer 1986 to Summer 1988. Professional Development Award. The University of Texas, March 1987 and March 1988. Aquanaut, saturation diving in Hydrolab Underwater Laboratory for 7 days (U.S. Virgin Islands). Undersea Research Program, NOAA, Mission 84-12. October 1984. Graduate Student Research Grant. Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Fall 1984.

Dirnberger, J.M. and Weinberger J. 2005. Influences of lake level changes on reservoir water clarity. Lake and Reservoir Management. 21: 24-29. Dirnberger, J.M., S McCullagh, and T. Howick. 2005. Writing and drawing in the naturalist's journal: Reviving the tradition of the naturalist's journal as an effective learning tool. The Science Teacher. 72: 38-42. Tom Howick and Joe Dirnberger. 2003. Reviving the Naturalist's Journal. Current: The Journal of Marine Education. 18: 2-6. Joseph M. Dirnberger, William Ensign, Heather Sutton, and Donald McGarey. 2002. Comparing abiotic and biotic parameters when assessing streams within a geologically diverse area (Bartow County, GA). Proceedings of Watershed 2002 Water Environment Federation Conference. Bowers, R. and Dirnberger, J.M. 2000. Using temporal changes in water quality in Noonday Creek to describe pollutant transport and pinpoint sources. Proceedings of National Water Quality Monitoring Council National Monitoring Conference 2000:353-361. Dirnberger, J.M. 1994. Influences of larval settlement location and rate on later growth and mortality in a sessile marine invertebrate (Spirorbis spirillum). Northeast Gulf Science 13:65-78. Music, M. and J.M. Dirnberger. 1994. Assessing rates of eutrophication in Lake Allatoona from chlorophyll derivatives within lake bottom sediments. Georgia Journal of Science 52:129-134. Dirnberger, J.M., R. Rascati, and H. Msimanga. 1993. A Clean Lakes Phase I- Diagnostic/Feasibility Study of Lake Allatoona: A Preliminary Report. Proceedings of the 1993 Georgia Water Resources Conference pp. 89-92. Rhyne, P.J., B.R. Golden, and J.M. Dirnberger. 1993. Seeking Scientific Explanations for Natural Phenomena. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Textbooks Inc., ISBN 0-88725-194-3. Dirnberger, J.M. 1992. Dispersal of larvae with a short planktonic phase in the polychaete Spirorbis spirillum . Bulletin of Marine Science 52:898-910. Dirnberger, J.M. 1990. Benthic determinants of settlement sites for planktonic larvae: Availability of settlement sites on seagrass blades for Spirorbis spirillum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 140:89-105. Dirnberger, J.M. and C.L. Kitting. 1988. Browsing injuries to blades of Halophila decipiens within a deep seagrass meadow. Aquatic Botany 29:373-379. Dirnberger, J.M. and S.T. Threlkeld. 1986. Advective effects on reservoir zooplankton dispersion and abundance. Freshwater Biology 16:387-396. Threlkeld S.T. and J.M. Dirnberger. 1986. Benthic distributions of planktonic copepods. Syllogeus 58:481-486.

The Lake Allatoona Phase 1 Diagnostic-Feasibility Report: 1992-1996. 1998. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Lake Acworth Intensive Pollutant Assessment Study. 1997. A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University . Prepared for City of Acworth, Georgia. Porter, K.G., K.E. Baer, L. Hawks, J.M. Dirnberger, and B. Champion. Georgia Adopt-A-Lake Manual. 1997. Georgia Lake Management Society and Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Lake Allatoona Summer Monitoring Project: July-October 1996. 1997. A.L. Burruss Institute, Kennesaw State University. Prepared for Cobb-Marietta Water Authority, Bartow County Water & Sewer Department, City of Cartersville Water Department, & Georgia Environmental Protection Division. Lake Allatoona Phase I Diagnostic-Feasibility Report for 1994-1996: Limnological Data & Evaluation of Management Alternatives. 1996. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Lake Acworth Watershed Restoration Project: Diagnostic Study and Limnological Assessment (Phase I). 1995. Technical Report. Cobb County, Georgia. Lake Allatoona Phase I Diagnostic-Feasibility Study for 1992-1993. 1994. Technical Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Analysis of Lake Allatoona Limnological Data: May to December, 1993. 1994. Technical Report. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Kitting, C.L., J.M. Dirnberger, A.C. Dempsey, M.A. Odum. 1985. Foraging by conspecific individual sea urchins, and conch. Technical Report. Hydrolab project; Mission 84-12 (1984). National Undersea Research Program, NOAA, St. Croix, USVI.

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